I was sure Bush would initiate indiscriminate violent retaliation by now. Is there any remote possibility he might have a better idea of the realities than we gave him credit for, that he might be susceptible to a relatively sane, responsible understanding of the situation? It's up to us to do what we can to influence him...

There's a new heartfelt, perceptive column about it all by Sarah Pursley in the current Lesbian and Gay New York [later note: webzine now defunct, so...] we've put up at www.richardhell.com/Pursley.html. (Thanks Babette Meyers for finding this.)